The Time Traveling Matchmaker
by Janie Emaus
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GENRE: Time Travel Romance
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BLURB:
In
The Time Traveling Matchmaker, love takes on a new meaning when soul mates are
brought together through time and space.
Like every goal-oriented twenty-something, Jessica Singleton, an aspiring
filmmaker, is obsessed with finding her future as quickly as possible. What she
doesn't know is that the future is obsessed with finding her, too. Renn Porter,
an agent with Time Traveling Matchmaker's Inc, blasts back in time - and into
her life- in order to transport Jessica to the soul mate who has paid for this
service...in the future. But things turn dangerous when it's revealed that Renn
has been sent after his own soul mate.
Caught between two times, Jessica and Renn must struggle to stay alive. Falling
in love is the biggest risk either of them has ever taken - because, as they
are destined to learn, the very existence of Time Traveling Matchmakers, Inc.
rests in Jessica's hands.
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Excerpt One:
Renn was coming toward me now and our eyes met. Fireworks went off inside my chest. He wasn’t avoiding me this time. This time I would learn the truth.
I raised my hand in a small wave.
“Watch out!” A bicyclist shouted as he sped down the sidewalk, completely out of control.
He clipped Renn’s shoulder, pushing him up against me. Renn’s coat got caught on the buckle of my purse. I heard a rip. No, more than that - I felt a rip down the center of my body, jagged like a piece of broken glass. Beneath my feet, the sidewalk tilted, and I lost my balance.
A strong a wind kept me from falling. Once steady, I turned to find Renn.
This all happened in a less than a second. And in that second Renn was gone. Vanished. Just like that. All that was left was his lemony scent. And the memory of his hand on my arm.
I didn’t see him in either direction. My head throbbed as if something heavy kept knocking into it.
A minute later a mother with her little girl walked past me. I knew before she stopped, that the little girl was going to bend down to tie her shoe. Time was going to repeat itself. Again.
She giggled, just like before. “Thanks, Mommy,” she said. “Tomorrow I can do it myself.”
I held on to the desire I had seen in Renn’s eyes, wondering about my tomorrow.
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Review: Jessica was going nowhere while living in her grandparent’s studio and working at a coffee shop, where she couldn’t help but notice the mysterious guy in the trench coat. His name was Renn and he was a time traveling matchmaker.
Story had an easy narrative for the most part, but it can be long and slow at times. Renn’s notes on Jessica and the rules of matchmaking were brief, succinct, and, in a way, interrupted the flow of the story.
For a while, Jess deals with the “illusion” of the trench coat guy, questioning her eyes and what to believe. Eventually, the romance element seeps in, once again, piquing my interest in the story. There was some ambiguity and complexity, but, in general, this was a rather interesting read. Time traveling stories have always fascinated me, and this one certainly had an alluring premise, even though it wasn’t entirely as I expected.
A fairly nice read.
Rating: 3 stars
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Janie Emaus believes when the world is falling apart, we’re just one laugh away from putting it
together again. The Time Traveling Matchmaker is her debut adult novel. She is also the author of the blended holiday picture books, Latkes for Santa Claus, and the forthcoming Matzo Balls & Easter Eggs. Her essays, stories and articles have been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and websites. In 2016 she won an honorary mention in the Erma Bombeck Writing competition. To learn more about Janie visit her at www.janieemaus.com.
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt and cover.
ReplyDeleteThanks for having me! Janie
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday! I hope that you have enjoyed your book tour as much as I have enjoyed reading about you and your work throughout this tour. The Time Traveling Matchmaker sounds like a great story and I am looking forward to reading it. Have a great weekend!
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